A bit off-topic... But, what is it with some of you guys and spelling Earth as "EA*RTH?" WTF is that all about. I tried a search but no joy.
I've seen it a few times but only on ATS. What's up with that?

On-topic: There are agreements re: limits on weaponization of the Moon and space in general but it seems they are oftentimes ignored. I'm sure an
international group wishing to put armed drones in space to protect Earth (the one I know, not your EA*RTH or whatever) would meet minimal resistance.
An individual country (or that country's space org) may have a bit more of an issue depending on the level of trust.
The issue I see is why would you post these drones in set areas like you say when it seems it would make more sense to locate the dangerous objects
FIRST through observation - something we have some difficulty doing now - and then send a drone or whatever to intercept. Seems more cost-effective
that way, no?

A bit off-topic... But, what is it with some of you guys and spelling Earth as "EA*RTH?" WTF is that all about. I tried a search but no joy.
I've seen it a few times but only on ATS. What's up with that?

1 spells EA*RTH the way it is in respects to LORD ENKI or EA who cam here from the STARS*

35Foxtrot

The issue I see is why would you post these drones in set areas like you say when it seems it would make more sense to locate the dangerous objects
FIRST through observation - something we have some difficulty doing now - and then send a drone or whatever to intercept. Seems more cost-effective
that way, no?

They could be scattered thorough out the SOL system 35Foxtrot all the way out to Pluto... With cams and other observation techs and can monitor
incoming threats far out. This is why they would have to be drones to allow FASTER advanced engines that may harm a living human inside them.

1 spells EA*RTH the way it is in respects to LORD ENKI or EA who cam here from the STARS*

OK.....

They could be scattered thorough out the SOL system 35Foxtrot all the way out to Pluto... With cams and other observation techs and can
monitor incoming threats far out. This is why they would have to be drones to allow FASTER advanced engines that may harm a living human inside them.

Yeah. That was kinda my point. One drone -or a couple- parked near Earth or on Earth(any object posing a danger to Earth will have Earth as an
endpoint. Thus, Earth would be a decent starting point for any object/vessel heading out to stop said dangerous object) would be MUCH more
cost-effective than parking a butt-load of them all over the solar system - many along paths that would undoubtedly place them outside of any possible
intercept course.

Yeah. That was kinda my point. One drone -or a couple- parked near Earth or on Earth(any object posing a danger to Earth will have Earth as an
endpoint. Thus, Earth would be a decent starting point for any object/vessel heading out to stop said dangerous object) would be MUCH more
cost-effective than parking a butt-load of them all over the solar system - many along paths that would undoubtedly place them outside of any possible
intercept course.

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Near EA*RTH can potentially cause FALLOUT process... Hence catch them far out which allows debris path TIME to move out of the way of EA*RTHs path.
Close to EA*RTH or based from or near EA*RTH space does not allow time especially of larger target in question...

Yeah. That was kinda my point. One drone -or a couple- parked near Earth or on Earth(any object posing a danger to Earth will have Earth as an
endpoint. Thus, Earth would be a decent starting point for any object/vessel heading out to stop said dangerous object) would be MUCH more
cost-effective than parking a butt-load of them all over the solar system - many along paths that would undoubtedly place them outside of any possible
intercept course.

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Near EA*RTH can potentially cause FALLOUT process... Hence catch them far out which allows debris path TIME to move out of the way of EA*RTHs path.
Close to EA*RTH or based from or near EA*RTH space does not allow time especially of larger target in question...

The limiting factor is our ability to DETECT the objects in the first place. The little bit of extra time it might take if you start the drone from
near-earth as opposed to some other locale is not going to make enough difference in debris trajectory.
You still need to detect the object far away from Earth. Assuming we could do that (which is by no means a safe assumption), starting from near the
Earth or some random deep space location isn't going to likely make any difference in where the debris field goes. You're talking about blasting the
object. Therefore, the little bits are going to continue on toward Earth no matter what (the objects was already headed at Earth or else it wouldn't
be tagged "dangerous").
Sure, you'd have longer to wait before it hit ASSUMING your random placement of drones resulted in it being any closer to the approach path than if
you started out from Earth. You could not place enough drones in the solar system to guarantee that you'd get any benefit.
Now, maybe you're talking about nudging the objects (but your rail guns would not be best for that really)... Even in that case, starting from near
Earth or one of your random spots in the solar system would likely not make a real difference on how much you could nudge the object using current
technology.
I think maybe you're not realizing how big space really is. If you do realize the scale you're talking about and still think you can place enough of
these drones out there to make a difference, I think you're really missing my point about cost-effectiveness. I doubt there are enough resources in
this solar system to pay for the number of drones you'd need. I still maintain that a couple around Earth would be just as mission effective (taking
into account the aforementioned limitations on your plan) and MUCH more cost-effective in that we'd actually be able to pay for them.

Fusion explosion/IGNITION from laser far out would knock them out of path of EA*RTH would it not? If that doesn't work use rail defense. Far out
don't want the fusion process to interact with anything near EA*RTH...

Your points make sense, still a circular like laser array within another within another making three spinning lasers in one aimed @ the asteroid/comet
cause fusion explosion seems like it could change the movement and material strength then send rail component to finish depleted debris chunks left.
To add an advance sonic device could then deteriorate the remaining pieces into dust...

Fusion explosion from laser far out would knock them out of path of EA*RTH would it not? If that doesn't work use rail defense. Far out don't want
the fusion process to interact with anything near EA*RTH...

Your points make sense, still a circular like laser array within another within another making three spinning lasers in one aimed @ the asteroid/comet
cause fusion explosion seems like it could change the movement and material strength then send rail component to finish depleted debris chunks left.
To add an advance sonic device could then deteriorate the remaining pieces into dust...

cost not considered hence global effort for free...

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You'll have to consider the cost since I don't believe there are enough resources in the whole of this solar system to produce your drones in
sufficient numbers to make any significant difference or any improvement over my suggestion to position a few near Earth.
Anyway, it's clear you disagree. I feel you're wrong. Life's funny that way sometimes.

Good luck with your infinite drones and fusion lasers ("three spinning lasers in one" or whatever) and "sonic" device (you might want to consider
that any "sonic" device would be useless in space, however) and "rail component."

I think a plausible way to go about this is to create drones that go out and find asteroids or meteors that have the necessary metal to build more
drones and such. Eventually it could replicate and create more and more drones especially if they do so in the asteroid belt. Of course, this isn't
something we can do anytime soon, but it's a more realistic scenario if we want to build a self-repairing and automatic defense grid around our
galaxy.

Presently we thank Jupiter for sucking up asteroids that could potentially hit us. It took a day off to date uranus and the dinosaurs died because of
it

Pluto was born out of this though, but it was too stupid to be called a planet.

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